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National Honor Societies at Dominican University

Alpha Chi

Alpha Chi is a coeducational national honor society whose purpose is to promote academic excellence and exemplary character among college and university students and to honor those who achieve such distinction. Alpha Chi admits membership to students from all academic disciplines who are Juniors, Seniors, and graduate students, have a minimum 3.5 GPA, and are in the top 10 percent of their class. As a phrase from its constitution suggests, Alpha Chi seeks to find ways to assist students in “making scholarship effective for good.”

Alpha Sigma Lambda

Alpha Sigma Lambda is a national honor society exclusively for students in the Adult Degree Completion Program. Its purpose is to acknowledge adult students who achieve academic excellence while facing the competing interests of family, community, and work. To be eligible students must have a minimum of 24 graded semester units taken at Dominican, half of which must be outside the chosen major. At least 12 units of the total credits should have been earned in liberal arts/sciences, not including applied arts/sciences courses. Students must have a minimum 3.5 GPA and be in the top 10 percent of the class.

Alpha Lambda Delta

Alpha Lambda Delta is a national honor society that acknowledges first-year students’ superior academic achievement during their first term in college. Only credit hours that count toward a bachelor’s degree can be used to determine Alpha Lambda Delta eligibility. Advanced placement and other credits earned prior to high school graduation, however, are not counted in determining Alpha Lambda Delta eligibility. The purpose of this honor society is “…to encourage superior academic achievement...to promote intelligent living and a continued high standard of learning and to assist students in recognizing and developing meaningful goals for their roles in society.” Eligible students must have a 3.5 GPA for the first semester completed of college while carrying a full-time academic load, and must rank in the top 20 percent of their class.